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Meaning of "near-sighted" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEAR-SIGHTED

near-sighted  [ˌnɪəˈsaɪtɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEAR-SIGHTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Near-Sighted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NEAR-SIGHTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Myopia

Myopia (Ancient Greek: μυωπία, muōpia, from myein "to shut" – ops (gen. opos) "eye"), commonly known as being nearsighted (American English) and shortsighted (British English), is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it, causing the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus, but in focus when looking at a close object. Eye care professionals most commonly correct myopia through the use of corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses. It may also be corrected by refractive surgery, though there are cases of associated side effects. The corrective lenses have a negative optical power (i.e. have a net concave effect) which compensates for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye. Negative diopters are generally used to describe the severity of the myopia, as this is the value of the lens to correct the eye. High-degree myopia, or severe myopia, is defined as -6 diopters or worse. The opposite of myopia is hyperopia.

Definition of near-sighted in the English dictionary

The definition of near-sighted in the dictionary is relating to or suffering from myopia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEAR-SIGHTED


benighted
bɪˈnaɪtɪd
delighted
dɪˈlaɪtɪd
dim-sighted
ˌdɪmˈsaɪtɪd
disunited
ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪtɪd
excited
ɪkˈsaɪtɪd
foresighted
ˌfɔːˈsaɪtɪd
hyperexcited
ˌhaɪpərɪkˈsaɪtɪd
overexcited
ˌəʊvərɪkˈsaɪtɪd
photoexcited
ˌfəʊtəʊɪkˈsaɪtɪd
precited
priːˈsaɪtɪd
second-sighted
ˌsɛkəndˈsaɪtɪd
sighted
ˈsaɪtɪd
uncited
ʌnˈsaɪtɪd
unexcited
ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪd
unincited
ˌʌnɪnˈsaɪtɪd
uninvited
ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd
united
juːˈnaɪtɪd
unlighted
ʌnˈlaɪtɪd
unrequited
ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtɪd
unsighted
ʌnˈsaɪtɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEAR-SIGHTED

near squeak
near the knuckle
near thing
near to
near to one´s heart
near-death experience
near-earth asteroid
near-market
near-market research
near-nudity
near-sightedly
near-sightedness
nearby
Nearctic
nearest and dearest
nearly
nearly-new
nearly-new shop
nearness
nearshore

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEAR-SIGHTED

clear-sighted
counterweighted
far-sighted
freighted
long-sighted
nighted
partially sighted
sharp-sighted
short-sighted
skylighted
thoughted
trade-weighted
unbenighted
unfrighted
unweighted
weighted

Synonyms and antonyms of near-sighted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «near-sighted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEAR-SIGHTED

Find out the translation of near-sighted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of near-sighted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «near-sighted» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近视的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

miope
570 millions of speakers

English

near-sighted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निकट देखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَرِيبُ النَّظَر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

близорукий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

míope
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাছাকাছি দূরদর্শী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

myope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dekat-pandangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kurzsichtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近視の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

근시의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cedhak-sighted
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cận thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அருகே நோக்குடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जवळ-पाहिले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miyop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miope
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krótkowzroczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

короткозорий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miop
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυωπικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bijziend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

närsynt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nærsynt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of near-sighted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTED»

The term «near-sighted» is regularly used and occupies the 75.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «near-sighted» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «near-sighted» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about near-sighted

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEAR-SIGHTED»

Discover the use of near-sighted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to near-sighted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
A series of portraits by the creator of What It Is follows a myopic monkey through her everyday routines of preparing food, waiting for the bus, hogging the remote and associating with her imaginary friend.
Lynda Barry, 2010
2
The Near-sighted Knight and the Far-sighted Dragon: A ...
The musical adventures of an unemployed knight, a mathematically-gifted princess, and a philosophically-inclined dragon.
Eleanor Harder, Ray Harder, 1977
3
Good Health: A Popular Annual on the Laws of Correct Living, ...
Rays of light coming from near objects are diverging, and these the near-sighted eye can focus on its retina. The longer, or more egg-shaped the eye, the more short-sighted it is, and the nearer must objects be brought to be distinctly seen.
‎1870
4
Autumn Leaves: Original Pieces in Prose and Verse
TO THE NEAR-SIGHTED. PURBLIND and short-sighted friends ! You will listen to me, — you will sympathize with me; for you know by painful experience what I mean when I say that we near-sighted people do not receive from our hawk-eyed  ...
Anne Wales Abbot, 1853
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Popular Science
whom 630 were in Cincinnati, 549 in New York, and 300 in Brooklyn. Of the 630 Cincinnati pupils, 209 were from the district-schools, and of these 83J- per cent, had natural, or emmetropic eyes, while 10 per cent, were near-sighted.
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The Lancet
As there seems to be some reason for concluding that the optical powers of the eye accommodate themselves to the circumstances under which vision is habitually exercised, Ishould recommend near-sighted persons not to wear spectacles ...
‎1826
7
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
precautions, of such concave glasses as will rectify the error in the refractive power of the eye, the near-sighted person need not apprehend any injury to the eye ; indeed, the easy exercise of vision with the requisite optical aid, seems to me ...
‎1826
8
Better Eyesight Magazine-Original Antique Pages By ...
Even after the near-sighted patients demonstrate these facts for a time they usually keep on straining their eyes when they look at the distant Snellen Test Card. All near-sighted patients are temporarily cured when their sight becomes normal ...
William H. Bates
9
Some C.R.E.A.M. for Your Coffee
Vision is defined as the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be . . . so I have a questionforyou dear reader . . . are you near sighted or far sighted? When someone is near sighted they see distinctly at a short distance only ...
Antonio G. Wells, 2010
10
The New-England Magazine
THE NEAR-SIGHTED LOVER. Tnosr: who are born into the world with good eyes ,—who descry afar the countenances of their friends, and can distinguish across a church or a theatre, the turn of a feature or the color of an eye, the fashion of a ...
Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, 1832

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term near-sighted is used in the context of the following news items.
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Volunteers provide free eye exams, glasses for clients at Tulsa Day …
“When you're that near-sighted, you can't drive to an interview or fill out an application,” he said. “You see crazy amounts of near-sightedness. «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
2
Kentucky law requires children to receive eye exam
... summer and now they're near-sighted and no one knows it because a child doesn't necessarily tell you 'I can't see anymore,'" Wilkins said. «WBKO, Jul 15»
3
SnailVR Headset: An Affordable Version Of Samsung Gear VR?
... leather and a cushion on the elastic band protects the back of your head; it also features an adjustable lens for those who are near-sighted. «Clapway, Jul 15»
4
How to handle a bully like Donald Trump
and other POWs, those who shrank from criticizing him when he went after Hispanics are revealed to be near-sighted and, in fact, hypocritical. «Business Insider, Jul 15»
5
How to handle a bully like Trump
and other POWs, those who shrank from criticizing him when he went after Hispanics are revealed to be near-sighted and, in fact, hypocritical. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Mockingbird inspires many 'Atticus,' 'Harper' names
Maybe we're in for a future of solemn, near-sighted, fair-minded lawyers, all named Atticus. Well, they won't all be lawyers. "I hope not," said ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
7
High hopes: Should Australia lower its ambitions for the Indonesia …
Jakarta, it turns out, is also dominated by near-sighted politicians. In Condemned to Crisis?, Ward surveys a number of similar incidents from ... «The Interpreter, Jul 15»
8
Before hitting trail, make sure to check forecast
"It's more serious than folks think, and it's easy to get near-sighted near the summit and make a decision that could cost you," said Mikulas, ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Book spawns generations of Atticus, Scout, Harper names
Maybe we're in for a future of solemn, near-sighted, fair-minded lawyers, all named Atticus. Well, they won't all be lawyers. “I hope not,” said ... «Indiana Gazette, Jul 15»
10
I Believe in Stephen Vogt
Not hide and go away...but shy. I know you have to give up something to get something. Near-sighted, but not short sighted. Berrios and Kepler ... «Twins Daily, Jul 15»

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